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This Is Me--2019 A to Z Theme

The Challenge of 2019 was the 10th! Since this was kind of a milestone year for A to Z my theme was a retrospective of sorts, looking at my 10 years as a blogger as well as ruminations about my life as it is and as I hope it yet can be. I've got places to be and people to see along the way. Hope you'll join me for this part of my journey...

Always a work in progress--welcome to my blog.

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Monday, January 25, 2016

A to Z Time Is Here!

At this point need I say much more than A to Z sign-up time starts today. Some of you have been asking and many have been waiting. Now the wait is over. You can sign up today or anytime between now and April 1st. No fooling! But don't you fool around too long to decide. Sign up soon and start planning out your April strategy if you haven't started already.

I've got my theme and I've already started mapping out my posts. I'll tell you more in March when it comes time for the Great Theme Reveal. Find out more about this and other points of the Challenge at the A to Z Challenge Blog. Follow that site for news about the Challenge as well as helpful hints about blogging and social media.

This will be the 7th Annual Blogging from A to Z April Challenge. If you've never participated this will be a great year to join in the fun. If you've skipped a year or two why not come back for another try? There are so many advantages to participating such as honing blogging and writing skills, building blog content, and most of all networking to build community. Meet the Challenge in 2016 to show the world and, most of all, yourself that you have what it takes to be a blogging maven.

Now lets get down to the business of the day:

Please read and follow the sign-up instructions outlined below so you sign onto the list correctly!

The premise is simple: The A to Z Challenge is posting every day in April except Sundays . And since there are 26 days, that matches the 26 letters of the alphabet. On April 1, blog about something that begins with the letter “A.” April 2 is “B,” April 4 is “C,” and so on. You can use a theme for the month or go random – just as long as it matches the letter of the alphabet for the day.

The A to Z Challenge is a great way to get into the blogging habit and make new friends. For more details and its history, go HERE

We recommend short posts, turn off Word Verification, and visit five blogs (or more) a day beginning with the one after yours on the list. Blogs must be on an open platform – no Tumblr, Facebook, Pinterest, etc. – and comments enabled. Please make it easy for visitors to comment on your blog.

To streamline legitimate blogs from advertisement blogs, the Co-Hosts will be visiting each blog on this list throughout the Challenge. Once the Challenge begins, blogs showing no activity or those that miss five days in a row will be removed.

Please note your blog name and number in all correspondences. Remember that as blogs are removed, your number WILL change.

There are categories for those looking for like-minded blogs. Select ONE category code and enter it after your blog’s title/name. The code applies to your blog, not your theme for the Challenge and is purely optional. See the first few blogs on the list for examples. However, if your blog has adult content, you MUST mark it (AC) or it will be removed from the list. Codes are as follows:

I've got to get moving on finalizing my list for my secondary names blog! I already know the theme, but I haven't yet found names for each letter, or chosen one name for each sex in some of the letters. The posts for my main blog are just about ready to go, but for some last-minute edits here and there and adding the letter buttons.

I am looking forward to my 2nd A to Z Challenge! I can't believe there are already so many signed up after less than a week! I've been thinking more about my A to Z posts the last few days than my 2 posts for next week, lol :)

I am very excited! A to Z is my favorite blogging challenge ever since I "met" it in 2013. This will be my fourth year, and each year, I participate with an extra blog. This year, I've signed up four (for my fourth year) and I am actually shocked to find myself planning, mapping, and *gasp* theme-ing and scheme-ing! Thank you so much for masterminding this great idea, Arlee. I think it is one of the best things about blogging, for me!

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A juggler of words and phrases. My main blog is Tossing It Out. The focus blog for the Blogging from A to Z April Challenge can now be found at a-to-zchallenge.com where updates will be posted until the event in April begins.
Wrote By Rote is about memoir writing.
A Few Words is my Sunday contemplation blog.
A Faraway View is about dreams. Pick what you like or look at them all. I love blogging!